Sara Sharif’s begetter threatened to termination a pistillate and attacked children including a one-month-old babe earlier helium allegedly killed his daughter, a tribunal has heard.
Urfan Sharif, 42, erstwhile held a pistillate astatine knifepoint threatening to termination her and helium tried to choke different unfortunate with a belt, it was said.
The Old Bailey heard that the taxi operator had a past of abuse, targeting 3 women and burning and hitting 2 children years earlier helium allegedly bushed the 10-year-old schoolgirl to decease past August.
He was accused of being a ‘lying, manipulative and controlling man’ who preyed connected susceptible women, controlling their finances and attempting to orchestrate a ‘sham marriage’ successful bid to enactment successful the UK.
Jurors were told that the suspect had been arrested aggregate times for alleged maltreatment of women and children, including assaulting a one-month-old baby.
Sara Sharif (pictured) suffered dozens of injuries, including burns from an iron, quality wound marks and signs of restraint, earlier she died
Sara's begetter Urfan Sharif being arrested by constabulary astatine Gatwick Airport. He reportedly threatened to termination a pistillate and attacked children earlier allegedly sidesplitting his daughter
Two children allegedly suffered bruises, slaps, bites and burns to their legs and face, including marks made with an iron.
One of the youngsters was besides punched each implicit their body, it was claimed.
Years earlier Sara’s murder, Sharif was accused of choking 1 pistillate and tightening a loop astir her cervix during a acceptable of rage.
He besides threatened different unfortunate with a knife, the tribunal was told.
But helium was ne'er prosecuted aft Sharif insisted his accusers were each liars.
Social services and constabulary were alerted to allegations of unit dating backmost much than a decennary earlier Sharif killed his girl with the assistance of his 3rd woman Beinash Batool, jurors heard.
The schoolgirl suffered astatine slightest 71 outer injuries from being bitten, burned with an robust and battered with a cricket bat, loop and a pole.
Sharif, who came to the UK from Pakistan connected a pupil visa successful 2003, is said to person travelled to Poland successful hunt of a pistillate to wed truthful that helium could get an EU passport.
One 18-year-old pistillate told constabulary that Sharif had taken her passport and smashed up her telephone shouting: ‘Shut your f****** rima oregon I volition termination you’.
She claimed that Sharif held her astatine knifepoint and threatened to termination her earlier she managed to escape.
A tribunal sketch of Urfan Sharif (right) and Sara's uncle Faisal Malik (left) appearing by video nexus from HMP Belmarsh for a proceedings astatine the Old Bailey successful September 2023
Sara suffered astatine slightest 71 outer injuries from being bitten, burned with an robust and battered with a cricket bat, a loop and a pole
Another pistillate was held captive for 5 days successful Sharif’s home, her passport was taken and she was subjected to threatening emails, the tribunal heard.
As Sharif’s pupil visa was astir to tally retired helium joined a Polish pistillate called Olga, but helium aboriginal secretly joined a 2nd pistillate successful Pakistan.
Caroline Carberry, KC, defending Batool, told jurors that societal services were acrophobic that Olga was a susceptible pistillate with imaginable learning difficulties who was astatine hazard of exploitation.
Ms Carberry suggested Sharif had a past of gambling and dense drinking, with 11 default recognition accounts and a region tribunal indebtedness judgement.
Ms Carberry asked: ‘You are a lying, manipulative and controlling man, aren't you?"
Sharif replied: ‘No, I americium not.’
He denied biting and burning children saying: ‘I’m not cruel, I’m not an animal.’
Ms Carberry went on: ‘It was small Sara who suffered the astir astatine your hands, isn't it?’
A constabulary cordon astatine the household location successful Woking, Surrey, wherever Sara's assemblage was found
Faisal Malik, 29, being arrested astatine Gatwickk Airport successful September 2023. Both helium and Urfan contradict execution and causing oregon allowing Sara's death
She told jurors that societal workers observed however Sara would ‘flinch’ erstwhile she was cuddled by her father.
Female societal workers besides accused Sharif of being coercive and abusive towards them.
Sara was recovered dormant astatine her location successful Woking, Surrey connected August 10, 2023 aft Sharif and Batool fled to Pakistan wherever helium aboriginal made a 999 telephone saying: ‘I killed my daughter’.
Sharif, Batool and Sara’s uncle Faisal Malik, 29 each contradict execution and causing oregon allowing her death.
The proceedings continues.
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